PREP GIRLS SOCCER: LCC takes care of Westview, again, for title

SAN DIEGO — The La Costa Canyon High girls soccer team has Westview's number this season, and as a result the Mavericks are section champions.

LCC, the only team to beat the Wolverines this year, turned the trick for the second time, using a goal early in each half to triumph 2-0 in the CIF San Diego Section Division II final at Serra High on Saturday.

"I feels great," Mavericks coach Eric Lona said. "We had an up-and-down season. We won (the) Excalibur (tournament) then we had a rough part in our season, but for them to bounce back to beat a great team — it doesn't get any better than this."

The second-seeded Mavericks (20-3-3), playing in the final for the third straight season, won their seventh championship overall after winning six titles in Division I, with the last one coming in 2010. The win avenges a loss to the Wolverines in last season's final.

The No. 1 Wolverines (25-2-2) couldn't repeat last season's championship-game win over La Costa Canyon and capture their fourth title. Their only two losses this season came at the hands of La Costa Canyon.

"We played fantastic all year long," Westview coach Peter Stogsdill said. "I couldn't have asked for more from the team. Twenty-five wins is amazing. We've played some good teams. We just haven't found a way to beat these guys."

When the Mavericks beat Westview earlier, the Wolverines outshot them 20-8. Saturday night, the Wolverines had 28 shots to La Costa Canyon's six.

"We played as hard as we could," Stogsdill said. "We just couldn't finish."

Westview dominated possession and took four shots in the first five minutes of the match, hitting the crossbar once and forcing Burland to make two saves.

In the sixth minute, LCC scored on its first shot. Doyle took an inswinging corner kick and sophomore Pilar Torres nudged the ball toward the Westview goal from a huge pack inside the six-yard box. A Wolverines defender cleared the ball but the linesman ruled it had crossed the line.

"(The early goal) was huge," Lona said. "Our goal was we didn't want to be chasing the game. We didn't want to give up an early goal and have to chase the game and leave ourselves open."

The second half followed a similar pattern, with Westview getting the better of early play but La Costa Canyon finding the net. In the 46th minute, Doyle deflected a cross from Megan Good off a defender and into the net for an insurance goal.

"I saw Megan cross the ball and it went right to me," Doyle said. "I kicked it and it hit the girl's head and it went in."